Blown head gasket white smoke

White smoke is water vapor from the coolant being boiled off. My guess is that mechanic installed the head gasket incorrectly - upside down or reversed left to right, so that a coolant opening was exposed between the head and engine block, allowing coolant to enter one of the combustion chambers. Based on your description, it doesn’t seem like you have any of the tell-tale signs, so it would be difficult to say that it’s head gasket related.

A blown head gasket if not fixed can cause further engine problems. The first signs of a blown head gasket are white smoke coming out of the tailpipe. It is not recommended to drive around with a blown head gasket. Start it up, put a white paper towel up to the exhaust pipe with the white smoke coming out. You want a quickie test?

Smells a little sweet? OR is the paper towel wet with a raw gas smell? DIAGNOSING A BLOWN HEAD GASKET WITH A HOME MADE CYLINDER LEAK DOWN TESTER HONDA SOHC VTEC 1. I am no longer losing coolant.

I changed the oil and filter twice to make sure all coolant and oil mixture is out of the engine. However, I still see intermittent white smoke from exhaust. If your problem is thick white smoke coming out the exhaust pipe, most likely you have a blown intake manifold gasket. If an inspection of the dipstick shows the oil to be bubbly, watery or chocolate milk-like in appearance, the engine is indeed showing symptoms of a blown head gasket , theof which could be due for emergency maintenance. Our technicians tell us that removal and inspection of the cylinder heads will be required to confirm a crack is present.

The truth of the matter is that there are a few things that can cause white smoke , but a blown head gasket is. According to your posts, it could either be a blown head gasket or a modulator diaphragm. It works by locating the leak and sealing it so that no coolant can leak out and mix with the engine oil. The signs of a blown head gasket can be subtle.

Here are eight of the most common indications that your head gasket has failed: An external oil or coolant leak at the seam between the engine block and cylinder head is a sign that you have a head gasket failure or a cracked block. The most common cause of a blown head gasket is that the engine overheated because: 1) Fan Clutch is not working, 2) All of the coolant leaked out of the engine and you kept driving it this way. Thermostat went bad and is stuck closed and the coolant could not circulate. Over Brands of Performance Head er Gasket s. We Are Your One Stop Shop. That’s where the white smoke you’re seeing is coming from.

If your vehicle is exhibiting multiple blown head gasket symptoms including one of the definitive symptoms like bubbles in your radiator, white smoke from your exhaust or water in your oil there is a good chance you’ve got a blown head gasket. Because the cylinder head gasket seals coolant passages, a blown head gasket will allow coolant to enter the cylinders. As the failure gets worse, more signs emerge. These are all indications you have a blown head gasket. When coolant and oil mix, the oil changes colors and gets frothy.

Kind of like a latte or a milkshake. This indicates that coolant is entering the cylinder, and the heat from the piston firing is creating steam, which exits through the exhaust. If the head gasket is blown , the oil will mix with the coolant and the oil will have a brown, milky appearance.

If white smoke comes out of the tailpipe even after the car is warme there is a good chance there is a problem. L GM van (or mini-van, pick up, SUV) that it can get confusing.